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The Black Mortality Gap, and a Century-Old Document

WEBThe Black Mortality Gap, and a Century-Old Document. 1 in 5 African American deaths happens earlier than if they were White. Black doctors say the Flexner …

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URL: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2021/08/30/the-black-mortality-gap-and-a-century-old-document

And It Starts at the Top, Critics Say

WEBUnion leaders, prison health care workers and advocates for prisoners’ rights said it was troubling that the people leading the federal prison system’s Health Services …

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When the Misdiagnosis is Child Abuse The Marshall Project

WEBC hild abuse is a pervasive and complex problem: Few children or abusers report harm themselves, so it’s up to other authorities, such as medical personnel and …

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When Going to the Hospital Is Just as Bad as Jail

WEBThis summer, the legal group Disability Rights California sued Alameda County and its health system for allegedly forcing mostly Black residents into a series of …

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How California’s CONREP Controls People Leaving Psych …

WEBShe was put on “forensic conditional release,” more commonly known as CONREP: a statewide outpatient program that primarily supervises and treats people …

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Should Prisoners Have to Pay For Medical Care During a …

WEBIn Arizona, corrections department officials removed the costs after a federal judge found that their response to the pandemic was inadequate. Nevada charges …

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Arizona Privatized Prison Health Care to Save Money. But …

WEBArizona was near the bottom of the pack, spending $3,529 per patient per year, compared to a national median of $5,720. Only five states spent less. Of those, …

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For Mentally Ill Defendants, Coronavirus Means Few Safe Options

WEBOn March 13, sheriff deputies drove him 50 miles to the Oregon State Hospital in Salem for an evaluation, where a psychologist found him to be seriously …

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Four Suicides in L.A. and the Mental Health Problem in …

WEBA second man was found three hours later, about 40 miles away. A third person’s body was discovered later in the afternoon, and a fourth the next morning just …

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Another Hurdle For Former Inmates: Their Teeth

WEBBurns’ dental problems started long before her incarceration. For years, she used methamphetamine, which is known to cause devastating tooth damage and gum …

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Treatment Denied: The Mental Health Crisis in Federal …

WEBAs of February, the Bureau of Prisons classified just 3 percent of inmates as having a mental illness serious enough to require regular treatment. By comparison, …

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How Police Alternatives to Mental Health Calls Are Growing in the …

WEBMeanwhile, the B-HEARD program in New York City, which is just three years old in a diverse city of 8.5 million, responded to roughly a quarter of mental health …

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How Abortion Prosecutions Are Shifting Post-Roe The Marshall …

WEBEarlier this year, lawmakers in Oklahoma, Texas, Kentucky, South Carolina and Arkansas proposed bills seeking to use fetal personhood under homicide or …

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The Mental Health Crisis Facing Women in Prison

WEB25.5% Male 40.8% 32.3% Female 67.9%. Source: Indicators of Mental Health Problems Reported by Prisoners and Jail Inmates, 2011-12, Bureau of Justice …

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When Prisons Need to Be More Like Nursing Homes

WEBThis unit, the first of its kind in the country, is specially designed to meet the needs of inmates with dementia-related conditions. It is part of the state’s medical hub at …

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Too Sick for Jail — But Not for Solitary

WEBA snapshot from Dec. 31, 2017, shows the average stay of safekeepers was 328 days. Fifteen of the 57 people in safekeeping on that day had been held longer than …

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Corizon Faced Lawsuits from Prisoners. Then It Went ‘Bankrupt.’

WEBI n 2020, Jonathan Arther sued a dozen state officials and employees of the Arizona prison where, he says, his medical care was bungled so badly that he went blind …

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Why Oklahoma May Change Sentencing for Domestic Abuse …

WEBis a staff writer for The Marshall Project. Previously, she was an investigative reporter at The Dallas Morning News, where she reported on the impact of pre-trial …

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Martin Tankleff The Marshall Project

WEBWhat are records? Since 2014, The Marshall Project has been curating some of the best criminal justice reporting from around the web. In these records you will find the most …

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Why Some Young Sex Offenders Are Held Indefinitely

WEBJhon Sanchez already served his time for a series of sex offenses he committed when he was 13. But he’s not free yet. Inside the world of civil commitment. …

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East New York The Marshall Project

WEBWhat are records? Since 2014, The Marshall Project has been curating some of the best criminal justice reporting from around the web. In these records you will find the most …

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Republish Our Work: They Killed Their Abusive Partners. Now Their

WEBA nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system.

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